wow….this was unexpected. After my boy Ciph told me that he saw the icewatertv tape of the incident at Rock the Bells….my sharpeyed reader Sean sent over this clip of Raekwon onstage in Toronto, from Muziklee Inzane from The Real Frequency (big up to T-Dot family). Inzane quotes Rae as saying:

“This is about a kid who gets off on doing blogs. My thing is, I’m a business man, I’m here to make money, take care of my family and keep as many people safe as possible. We not gonna take it there cuz that’s little shit… we are grown men. I will never jump out the window to sacrifice the situation with my family for something that ain’t worth it. I don’t want nobody to hurt that man or do anything to him because I’m so known in so many different places, that’s the easiest shit in the world… I don’t want that. We are going to keep it moving with hip-hop, he knows to respect his elders… that’s it, I got love for him. I love you, Joe Budden.”

wow.
More from Muziklee’s description after the jump

“Raekwon took a few minutes to speak on the situation with Joe Budden in between classics like “Incarcerated Scarfaces”, “Rainy Dayz”, “Daytona 500”, and “Verbal Intercourse”. After confirming he still has possession of the infamous tape, he went to say the following:

“This is about a kid who gets off on doing blogs. My thing is, I’m a business man, I’m here to make money, take care of my family and keep as many people safe as possible. We not gonna take it there cuz that’s little shit… we are grown men. I will never jump out the window to sacrifice the situation with my family for something that ain’t worth it. I don’t want nobody to hurt that man or do anything to him because I’m so known in so many different places, that’s the easiest shit in the world… I don’t want that. We are going to keep it moving with hip-hop, he knows to respect his elders… that’s it, I got love for him. I love you, Joe Budden.”

He then segued into his verse from “Eye For An Eye”. Lets hope this marks the end of this fiasco. More footage from the show coming soon, stay tuned. Shout out to the homies Covert Ops (Arcee & Marvel) for opening up the show! Covert Ops EP featuring production from Jake One, Rich Kidd, MoSS, Mr. Attic, and more coming soon!”

Miss info, do you not find his explanation a bit “tongue in cheek”? I mean didn’t he send over goons to try and physically harm Joe Budden and tape it to have evidence? In this day and age of blogs/gossip sites you can’t use violence so that no one says anything bad about you. it is almost as if Raekwon punched him and then said “Okay we good now because I have dirt on you”. Only he got someone else to do it, I do not see how this is “good” for hip hop. It feels petty and controlling.

GROWN MAN STATE OF MIND… EVERYBODY QUESTIONING HIM NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS?? WHY DOES YOUR BOSS(ASSUMING YOU HAVE A JOB) HIRE YOU?? SO YOU CAN DO A JOB FOR HIM/HER RIGHT?? BOSSES DONT HAVE TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY CHECK YOUR HISTORY… PRESIDENTS DONT GO TO WAR THEY SEND THEIR “GOONS”(ARMY) SAME THING APPLIES TO MOB BOSSES.. ECT… IF BEING A BOSS IS BEING A BITCH THEN ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE AND ARE TRYNA BE BITCHES…

how is this “good for hiphop” info..rae obviously talkin tougue-n-cheek(pause) when he says “i love you joe budden”….let them fight and this will be all over with..no guns no knives just man to man and this saga will be done with

is it me, or was more of a diss than a apology?
“I’m so known in so many different places, that’s the easiest shit in the world” ??? you couldnt even beat him in a room! 1 punch and Rae Ran off before Crooked and them boys heard about it.

Raekwon knows he’s going to do something to Buddens if he sees him again. You can tell he feels a certain way about dude making even more videos talking shit after Rae just let him off easy. Buddens should have just kept his mouth shut. Expect something worse then a punch to happen to Joey real soon and expect those tapes to be released. One

I LOST A LOT OF RESPECT FOR RAEKWON! BESIDES RAP, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GIVING RAEKWON TOO MUCH CREDIT. IN REFERENCE TO THE SITUATION WITH HIM & BUDDENS, THAT’S NOT KEEPING IT REAL. WHY IS RAEKWON KEEPING IT HIPHOP? BECAUSE HE GOT 1 UP ON JOE BUDDENS AND WANT TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE? FUCK OUTTER HERE. NIGGAS ALWAYS WANNA TALK SHIT OUT WHEN THEY HAVE A LEVERAGE OVER SOMEONE.

Everyone being so disrespectful,,,,, I just wish Joe woulda just said he shoulda been ranked higher in the vibe thing an left it at that. How Rae gone say this ain’t a slaughterhous thing is cray too,,,, cause I donno how much,,,, but bottom line, him doin this the weekend before the release date is prolly effecting the whole groups pockets, an the overall release momentum,,,, cause you have a supergroup representing 3 different markets,,,, but all anyone wanted to ask them last week was about Joey gettin punched in the eye and forced to appologise.

dis is straight bullshit..bout grown men hez so contradictin himself bar 4 bar 1st he openz hez phat ass mouth talkin bout we got d tape n al dat den he sayin im a bizness man… nucca aint no bizness man wudnt no jack shit bout BIZNESS if it wuz put right in front of him..xpect joebudden 2 b “gettin of on another one of hiz blogz” in a min..n i aint no budden fan either though hez nice on d mic wen he aint talkin shit either

I love your site, come here often to get the goods….but i have no idea in the world how you continue to support this guy after he pulled the biggest coward move ever. What he did is not even being a man. He could really end all of this beefing and nonsense by fighting joe one on one (i dont care who wins) and that be that. It’s seriously disappointing to see someone pull off some bs like Rae did and then everyone else pull the wool over their eyes because they liked their music 10 years ago when they were relevent.

It’s even worse that they got so upset in the first place when Joe said he was better…^That’s that the people who trying to make it to the top do…They challenge the legends…I mean are they all that insecure in their place of Hip Hop to really get bothered by that? Fans know whats up and who can rap. I’m so disappointed in Wu tang and the people who continue to stick up for these bs moves. That crap isn’t being real…It’s a B move.

at this point…im so over it, I’m just trying to make it clear to all parties that if you keep talking but not meaning what you say, then on the whole the fans are gonna see like crying wolf too many times and just ignore.

MISS INFO LET’S BE REAL thIS IS GOOD FOR HIP HOP” THAT TITLE THROWS ME OFF ALONG WITH THE RAEKWON STATEMENT THAT STATEMENT WAS A PUNCH AND RUN STATEMENT I’VE LOST RESPECT FOR RAEKWON I NEVER THOUGHT THIS SO CALLED OLD G WOULD BE AFRAID TO FIGHT OH IT’S PEACE BUT I HAVE THE TAPE MISS INFO LETS STOP SUGAR COATING ISH HERE JOE BUDDENS IS GONNA WIND UP BEATING UP THIS DUDE SOMEHOW I’ NEVER THOUGHT WU TANG WOULD BE SHOOK TO BATTLE AND FIGHT SADDDDDDD

I say this is good for hip hop cos hip hop needed real cats to battle again. Ross vs 50 cent was just so wrong on so many levels. I hope they do some diss track back and forth action but shit its hard to tell who would take out the battle in a lyrical situation. Dudes would have to step up theyre bars. Raekwon throwin daggers, are Slaughterhouose throwin “butterknifes.” I think theyre whole record is one long butterknife.

This was sarcasm and a slap in the face and it’s a shame how Joe is expected to grab his ankles on this one…. Rae pretty much set him up, ruined what was supposed to be a great week for hip hop and the careers of those 4 dudes who were due.. And people have the nerve to say, well, what do you expect? I don’t know Rae to take it to the booth if he was that pressed or maybe for Rae to deal with it 20 other times before waiting on having camera and 6 guys present before gassing a bodyguard BUT that’s all of…. that’s soo sad.. Why are people condoning this shit?

Joe Budden is no different than Busybee saying he’s knocking out all bums every time he did a show..

Whats sad is that everyone including his own crew is telling him to be cool Joe leave it alone joe take the high road joe all the while giving him the look of disrespect!!

One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. CREW UP JOE AND DUMBOUT!!

What nonsense, not sincere at all, starts off by taunting dude, then sarcastically making peace. This whole beef shit is nonsense, but it even more nonsense when a 40 year old man sends cronies to do his dirty work then brags about it. All these dudes are hard with 10 men back-up and a video camera and you don’t even have the balls to punch the man yourself? Only built for pussy links

How you know Rae ran off before crooked and them even heard? That’s that shit Hoe Budden was talkin that wound up gettin him punched. Niggas need to stop makin certain individuals look shook. Cause when they come around to get at you, niggas turn into lil kids waitin to get they ass whipped by daddy. and they manz be standin on the side like vegetables. some even run out the room.lol

That nigga said he street! and y’all need to listen to him at the end. He said “If we want you we gonna get you! that’s all we know how to do”
Joe Budden better fall back. slaughter house better fall back…..and oh yeah. how many copies did slaughter house sell so far?

This guy is a what they call in the hood a “”herb””! This dude comes in with 6 heads deep to have one of his dudes try to son the dude then he is challenged to a 1 on 1 and he’s like nah its over. Like what kind of pussy shit is that. Joey wins this one due to disqualification due to “”bitchassness”” from Rae’s part. WINNER Joe Budden.

You should always make moves when you have leverage, it goes back to “The Price” and “Art of War.” Leverage, is the Ability to influence a system, or an environment, in a way that multiplies the outcome of one’s efforts without a corresponding increase in the consumption of resources. In any conflict you should look to get the upper hand anyway possible.

Sorry, but Raekwan is a loosing ‘Hood Points” every time he speaks, Like the WU needs to talk to his dumb ass cause he ain’t looking gangsta and if I was them I would not release that tape as they are going to look pussy for having 6 dudes rush buddens and then not do anything? Why didn’t Rae square up with that nicca? I really hope Joe goes in on him on a track.

Rae needs to give Joe a fair on or drop it, cause Rae is looking like an idiot.

lmao at this ridiculous comment. Don’t talk about the hood like that because you clearly don’t know what the hood’s like. This situation occurs all the time in the hood. One guy talks shit, the offended dude rolls up on his ass deep and blows are exchanged. What you n*ggas think this is? Street Fighter? one on one shit? lmao. That’s why you’re NOT supposed to talk shit if you can’t back it up, otherwise you might be steamrolled.

wow malibu’s most wanted you’ve been watching way too many films!! No dude in the hood the dudes take that shit to the courts and go on and “”square dance”” 1 on 1. Dudes usually get jumped on someone use a weapon or some shit. 1st thing they say to you is “your going to let dude yap like that” real hood dudes just dont jump 1 dude. What pussy shit is this “steam rolling” shit you talking bout??!! it must be obvious dudes around you way have no hand skills

Seriously miss info, your trying to put a good sin on something that its clearly not what u want it to be. Rappers nowadays are walking contradictions. This dude rae is a clown. He frowns upon joe budden’s blogger activities but he went to “talk” to joe budden with a camera rolling. He says he’s a street dude, but idk about ya but if u get called out on some grown man shit, u handle that. Especially if u intiated the physical altercation. What I don’t undertand its that all these dudes claim that they’re street niggas like if the average rap listener cares. We listen to rap for the lyrics, not your personal life. I would just read f.e.d.s magazines if I wanna know about real stree niggas. And not to defend joe budden(even though I’m a huge fan), but why is it that none of the dudes that he has beef with actually want to rap. They hide behind this whole I’m a legend/pioneer bullshit. Nigga so what. Rae drop a “classic” more than 10 years ago, that shit can’t still give him a pass. Last I heard rap was competitive, so step up. And don’t give that I’m on a whole ‘nother level shit like this dudes a packing arenas or are superstars. They are rocking the same revenues as joe budden. Method man at least kept it for a bit when he said that its different for him cuz this is how he provide for his fam, so make your money, notice how he aint go talking crazy. He said he aint wanna cuz he got shit to lose. That’s respectable. But this clown wanna start shit, dead it, then still talk shit and wanna to be over. Ya dudes who support actions like that are cornballs. And ya can come and say that joey is pussy and all he does is talk, but I and all ya know that he will rap with any nigga win or lose. And he hasn’t lossed yet. And that’s all us rap fans should be concerned with, now all that soap opera/wrestling story going on now

This is all sad for Hip Hop and not because of nothing Joe Budden did..

I wonder what LL, Kane, or KRS would have done if challenged.. Oh wait this has something to do? O wait this was because Joe said if another Wu dd said FUCK JOE BUDDEN AGAIN HE WOULD GO IN THE BOOTH AND NOT LET UP OFF THE ASSES RIGHT? JUST CHECKING! HOW CAN ANYONE RESPECT THIS FROM A DUDE WHO IS 40, WOULDN’T BEEN SHIT WITHOUT THE WU AND DROPPED ONE GOOD ALBUM AND 3 GARBAGE ALBUMS? IF I WAS HIM I’D BE SCARED TO GET IN THE BOOTH AS WELL..

Joe should respond and not on a blog,,,, Embarass Rea on track and prove that he wants none on wax,,,, You said if you got a problem say somethin,,,, Then you get smacked and I have not heard a song yet? This act like it never happened shit is WEAK,,, SO Weak,, Weak for Joe Weak for Slaughterhouse,,, Slaughterhouse talk alotta shit but I ain’t heard nuffin,,,, The 1st person to step up and they BACK DOWN… PUT IT ON WAX,,, f a fight/squaredance/ blog shit,,,, Talk all you want,,, provesomething,,,, Keep it on WAX, Kill em on wax,,, prove tha you shouldn’t be a 32 seed in the vibe bs,,, Or retire an go away

JOE YOU LOOK WEAK,,,, not cause you got punched,,,, more so because of what you’ve done and haven’t done since you got punched

Most of you sound ridiculous. Joe gets on film and talks super greasy about Meth and Dek…Rae steps to him and Joe gets chin checked and now RAE IS WRONG??? Rae didn’t start this shit..Joe’s punk ass did. Now y’all wanna talk crazy about Rae because he had to show that Wu Tang STILL ain’t nothing to fuck with. Retarded.

Joe had it coming….and what does he do after he gets chin checked??? GOES ON THE INTERNET AND TALKS GREASY!! Yo, if it was really like that he should’ve thrown his mitts up on the spot. Don’t talk crazy after the fact.

and btw…after all the SHIT everyone in these comments was talking about Slaughterhouse and how they are soooo great and they are bringing real hip hop back they are on track to sell barely 10,000 copies of their album in the first week.

I dunno what the fuss about slaughter house is.iv never heard anything classic, or ground breaking from them as individuals, or as a group,and i’l see how long it is before egos (joe budden) break the group up.

lol. i can hardly get through this video clip because once again it proves how hip hop fans know what’s gwaning, (lol at the crowd wiling) and rae calling @mousebudden JOE BUTTONS. sh*t. hahaahahahaa. rae speaking out of one side of his mouth and letting people know what’s up for real for real. obviously this isn’t over. even if i want it to end.

lol. everyone has that “cell phone” evidence. rae went oldstyle with it. lol. i swear this whole thing is beyond funny because it’s serious still, but man i just want sooooo bad for ___________________________. i can’t say the rest cause it’s mean.

lol. i’m waiting for that group to split still. i wonder how long it’ll take. i mean they have some good songs…but then again not a lot of people here or i know, or my family all around the world know who the f slaughterhouse is, but they rep wu all day everyday. hip hop fans aren’t stupid.

thanks for posting this clip info and including insane’s words. real freqz=best intro to a hip hop show i’ve heard in a while.

anyways about this whole thing…it’s not good for hip hop because it obviously isn’t true and some people harbouring feelings over certain situations of real mad disrespect, and you know i’m not faulting rae and calling him lame or nothing but this whole situation is beyond beyond beyond funny. i mean cause if anything joe budden was lucky he didn’t get messed real bad. if that was the purpose they wouldn’t have taped the whole thing. so it obviously was a set up one way correct yourself meeting where someone felt it necessary to try and mark the dude without leaving real real marking…which is what i would say was lame…but the whole situation needed to be rectifiyed and instead of some wu fan doing it rae went and tried to set the record. this is not good for hip hop at all and this just once again shows me how adults are not that different from children or how men aren’t that different from females. we all human in the end, and the moral of the story is to keep your mouth shut if you don’t have nothing good to say and keep your damn hands to yourself. we learned that in kindergarten…but then again a day didn’t go by where kids weren’t fighting each other. gotta love human behaviour. i’m so better than you this this and that. ugh. it’s all beyond dumb.

I’m a Joe Budden fan and I agree… He got snuffed while out numbered and took that “L” most would have woulds coulda shoulda’s don’t mean shit.. But now he has a chance to go in the booth and do his best to end this dude and yet *CRICKETS*

Slaughter House is looking very weak right now.. Royce wants no part of the issues and is siding with the Wu, Crooked so low on this that you have no clue where he stands but he hasn’t been outspoken in support of Joe and it looks like Joell wants to ride out but is conflicted because of the bitchassness of the others and Joe aint no rich rapper and I’m sure is dealing with all the politics of the situation because he’s a thinking kinda dude making the situation just look bad…

As a fan I’m not feeling that.. I dont want blood but I dont like this!

Joe talks mad Sh*t and then people get mad a Rae for having his mans back.

I know WU was deep when they went to check JOE .. and I truly believe RAE didn’t want it to go down like that .. but he’s rolling wit some real street dudes that don’t give a Fuc% about ..Rap Music ..

THAT’s why they had the cameras b/c if JOE was as hard as he say’s he is.. he would of Thrown up his Hands .. Yeah/Yes He Would of Caught a Beat Down but F*it .. at least go out! talking Shit ..(wu would of respected that more)

then you talking shit on your Blog with a Ice Pack 5min after .. when you didn’t even throw down